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Method for determining transportation vehicle customer satisfaction

US6772104B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateApr 5, 2000
Grant dateAug 3, 2004
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Expiry dateApr 5, 2020

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06Q30/0202
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Within a method for predicting customer satisfaction for a transportation vehicle there is measured for the transportation vehicle a Noise, Vibration and Harshness (NVH) level within the transportation vehicle when an engine which powers the transportation vehicle is operating at wide open throttle. The method further provides for determining a customer satisfaction value for a specific transportation vehicle by means of interpolation or extrapolation from an existing correlation for a group of transportation vehicles within the same class. Such a correlation is obtained employing a Transformed Gamma Distribution (TGD) model or an aggregate combination of Transformed Gamma Distribution (TGD) models.

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